Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 152% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 869 82% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 234 Parallax 229 186% 231 fps	MRender 275 Gravity 236 Splatting 154 174% 222 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0858) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.82 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,780 Write 1,236 Mixed 915 289% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 82.2 286% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 1,206 DQ Mixed 982 770% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 110% Great: 255%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 456 453 455 456 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 400 Mixed 369 SusWrite 454 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 47.3 160% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 287 232% 329 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 258 259 260 241 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 403 Mixed 377 SusWrite 270 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 52.2 180% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 228 206% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 786GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 117 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 113 Write 105 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 22.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 27 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16